Bottle-washing machine.



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VALENTIN LAFP, OFVLEIPZIMG, GERMANY.

BOTTLE-WASHING lVlACHlN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 736,272, dated .August 11, 1903.

Application lecl'ebruary 16, 1903.` Serial No. 143,704. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may] concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTIN LAPP, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, in the Gfer-l man Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification. Y

The object of this invention is to wash a large number of bottles in a short time and to obtain a thorough exterior as well as interior cleansing Without any particular atten-4 tion of the workmen occupied at the machine. The services to be rendered by the workmen consist merely in` putting the dirty bottles into the machine and taking the cleaned ones o from the same. It is impossible that an inattention on the side of one or the other workman can impair the proper action of the machine. The manner of cleansing and the duration of the several operations carried out during the cleansing is or are invariably the same.

In order to make my invention more clear, I `refer to the accompanying drawings, in which similar iigures denote similar parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section through onehalf of my improvedmachine on the line a: a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan of one-half of the machine, partly in horizontal section, on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizont-al section in line 6 7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through one of the devices, of which each receives one bottle, the figure being' drawn on a greatly-enlarged scale. Fig.`5 is a plan of two such devices in combination with some neighboring parts.

i My improved machine is of circular shape. The bottles are carried around in a horizontal circle and are held in a vertical position during that time, the mouths of the bottles being directed downward. The greatest perf tion of the upper part of the machine is inelosed in a casing 37, .there being one large' opening or aperture where a workman takes the washed bottles off from the machine, while immediately thereafter another workman puts dirty bottles into the samethat is to say, each bottle is put upon and into such a device as is shown in'Figs. 4 and 5. These devices are in constant rotation as well taken off.

as in constant revolution. Each of them has a rotary spindle 1, the upper end of which is furnished in known manner with a brush. The reversed bottle is put upon said spindle, and the head of the bottle is made to take between and rest upon lingers 2, whereas the p other end of the bottle is embraced by curved wires 3, held by the upper ends of bars 4, arranged each between two of the spindles 1. The spindles 1 extend upward from casings 5, which are screwed into radial1y-extending projections 6 of a circular pipe 7. During work the circular pipe 7 carries bottles on its whole circumference, and the soiled bottles are put upon the pipe as the clean bottles are The circular pipe 7 represents the rim of a wheel, the pipes 8 constituting the spokes, which connect the pipe 7 with a rotary annular casing 9. The two ends of the pipe 7 are provided with an interposed washer 7a. This easing may be regarded as the casing of a kind of cock of which the plug is formed by a stationary casing 10, having partitionwalls 11, by which several compartments (fourin the example shown) are formed. The

casing 10 is supported by a frame l2, and

-iluids present in the pipes 7 and 8.

The rotary casing 9i is connected with a wormwheel 17, which isin gear with a worm 19, keyed to a shaft 18. Theonterend of this shaft is provided with a pulley 20, which is driven from an upper pulley 21, fixed to a shaft 22, extending horizontally over the machine. This shaft is driven by any suitable motor, and the rotation is transmitted by the means aforementioned to the rotary casing 9, so that consequently also the radial pipes 8 and the circular pipes 7 are rotated. As a further consequence also, the casings 5, with the bottles, are revolved, and,furthermore,

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the inner ends of the pipes 8 are connected successively with the four compartments of the stationary ycasing 10. Therefore each of the pipes 8 and the neighboring portion of the pipes 7 is provided rst with the soda solution, then with the hot water or steam, and after this with the cold water, when the residue of the various iuids escapes finally through the fourth compartment. The washing fluids are forced, of course, not only into the pipes 7, but into the casings 5, too, and from these casings the fluids enter the bott-les, so as to cleanse or wash the saine.

Each 0f the casings 5 contains a central part 24, into the upper end of which is insel-ted a tube 25. These parts 24 and 25 surround the vertical spindle 1 already mentioned. The lower end of this spindle is provided with a pulley 26. Into the upper part of the casing 5 is screwed a body27, the upper end of which is provided with a tube 29, embracing the tube 25, a small annular space Vbeing leftbetween these parts in such a manner that theliquid forced into the chamber 30 of the casing 5 may escape through the space left between the pipes 25 and 29. Owing t0 the pressure under which the liquids are forced into the chambers 30 of the casings 5 the liquids are forced in an upward direction to and against the brushes 56, carried by the upper ends `of the spindles 1. These brushes do not only revolve around the machine, but each of them is also rotated around its own axis, as each of the spindles 1 is rotated by its pulley 26'. The liquid escaping from'the lower ends of the bottles flows upon and into a shallow annular ring 31, from which it is lcd away through tubes 32 into a bottom pipe 33, by which it is conducted to abasin or the like. While the bottles are thus treated, each of them is rotated around itsown axis. The aforementioned fingers 2, which take over the head of the bottle, are secured to a cog-wheel 34, which gears with a circular rack 35, fixed to the stationary main casing of the machine. Therefore the revolution of the cog-wheels 34 around the central axis of the machine causes also a rotation of each of those wheels on its own axis, so that consequently, also, the fingers 2 are rotated. The bottles are cleansed not only upon their inner surfaces,but upon their outer surfaces also. Standards 36 are connected at their upper ends by fiat bars 37, which support curved brushes 38,havin g their bristles directed downward. These brushes operate upon the bottom surfaces of the bottles. Besides the brushes 38 there are curved brushes 39, having their bristles directed outward in a radial position. There are two sets of these brushes, the brushes of one set operating upon the body-surfaces of the bottles and the brushes of the other set operating upon the necks of the bottles, so that the three brushes or sets of brushes together (38 39 39) effect the cleansing of the whole of the outer surface of the bottles. The

brushes 39 may be radially adjusted acc0rding to the diameter of the bottles to be washed. The brushes are held in proper working position by radial bolts 40 passing through the tire 41 of a horizontal Wheel 42, in which each bolt may be adjusted by means of a pair of nuts, one nut beinglocated upon lthe outer surface of the tire, the other upon the inner surface. The wheel 42 is keyed toa vertical shaft 43, extending centrally through the machine. The shaft 43 isconnected with the shaft 22 by bevel-wheels 44. The upper bearing of the shaft43 is furnished with a stationary cog-wheel 45, around which moves a cogwheel 46, the shaft 47 of which has its bearing in one of the spokes of the wheel 42. The lower end of the shaft 47 is provided with a cog-wheel 48, which is in gear with a cog-wheel 49, fixed to a sleeve 50, having at its other end a pulley 5l. The rotation of this pulley is transmitted by a suitable cord or rope to all the pulleys 26 of the spindles 1, the transmitting cord or rope being so led over the rolls that the alternate spindles r0- tate in opposite directions. In order to maintain the proper tension of the cord or rope, a tension-pulley 52 is provided.

In order to furnish an additional safeguard to insurethe rotation of the bottles with the fingers 2, supplementing their frictional engagement, Ipreferably provide uprights 58, which are intended to be embraced by the wire loop of bottles provided with such closure-securing means, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The line 53 54 in Fig. 2 indicates that portion of the circumference of the machine where the bottles to be washed are introduced into the machine and where the washed bottles are taken off from the same.

Having now described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States isl. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a suitable revolving support, of means whereby different washing fluids may be successively supplied to the bottles, and means for scrubbing the interior and exterior thereof.

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2. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a suitable support, of a container for different washing fiuids, and means operating automatically to supply the different washing fluids in succession to the bottles to be cleansed.

3. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a horizontal circle of bottlecarriers, and means for moving said carriers around the circle, of a distributing device for washing fluids located centrally with respect to said circle and divided into compartments, pipes connecting the bottle-carriers successively with said compartments, and adapted to supply the washing fluids to the bottles while they are moved around.

4. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a horizontal circular pipe, and

bottle-holders carried by said pipe, of a sta-` tionary casing located concentrically with `respect to the circular pipe, a movable casing embracing the stationary one, radiallyarranged Apipes connecting the circular pipe with said movable casing, and means for rotating the latter; the said stationary casing being divided into chambers, and these chambers as well as the rotary casing having apertures adapted to coincide successively, the radially-arranged pipes communicating with the apertures of the rotary casing.

5. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a rotary horizon tal circular pipe,

and rotary bottle-holders carried by said pipe, of means for rotating said pipe, and means for rotating the bottle-holders at the same time;

p a distributing device for washing fluids connation with a rotary horizontal circular pipe,

and bottle-holders carried by said pipe, of a stationary casing arranged concentrically with respect to the rotary pipe,partitionwalls dividing said casing into compartments,pipes adapted to lead washing fluids into said compartments, a .rotary casing embracing said stationaryone, apertures provided in the two casings and adapted to coincide successively,

`pipes connecting the apertures of the rotary casing with the rotary circular pipe; means for introducing the Washing iiuids from the circular pipe into the interior of the bottles, and means for collecting and leading away ithe dirty Iiuids.

'7. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a rotary horizontal circular pipe, f

bottle-holders carried by said pipe,and means forintroducing different washing fluids sucy cessively into said pipe during one rotation, of brushes adapted to act upon the exterior surfaces of the bottles while they are carried around by and upon the said rotary pipe.

8l In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a rotary horizontal circular pipe, bottle-holders carried by said pipe, and means for introducing different washing fluids successively into said pipe during one rotation, of stationary brushes adapted to act upon the bottom surfaces 0f the bottles, rotary brushes adapted to act upon the outer surface and the necks of the same, and means for rotating said brushes.

9. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a rotary horizontal circular pipe, bottle-holders carried by said pipe, and means for introducing different washing uids successively into said pipe during one rotation,

of stationary brushes adapted to act upon the bottom surfaces of the bottles, a rotary horizontal brush arrrau ged coaXially with respect to the circular pipe and adapted to act upon the outer surfaces and the necks of the bottles, and means for rotating said brush at another speed than that of the said circular pipe.

lO. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a rotary horizontal circular pipe, bottle-holders carried bysaid pipe, and means for introducing different washing fluids successively into said pipe during one rotation, of brushes adapted to act upon the exterior surfaces of the bottles while they arecarried around by and upon the said rotary pipe; pipes extending from the latter into thebottles, a circular shallow Vessel located below these pipes, a collecting-channel located below this vessel, and waste-pipes leading from this vessel into said channel.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

VALENTIN LAPP. Witnesses:

OTTO KRAHMER, RUDOLPH FRICKE. 

